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I'd like to post a question about the search in the new Zealot because it seems to me that it doesn't work or I'm not able to use it. I try to explain what I did. I choosed a thread that I started myself, so I was sure to search something existing, then I searched the word "Gemini" in title...

Wonderful! Your work inspired my current built My compliments. Best, Nando :) Here more pics

Thank You Rhaven Blaack. Here You can find more pics of the process. My eyes and my fingers are not as well as I would, but I insist, on poke me in the challenge of the small. Here a taste :cry: But that's another story. Best, Nando :)

And finally the model completed! :mrgreen: Then I partecipated at my first exhibition. They were two happy days with many people attending, and many talks with experienced and sympathetic modelers. Here below a picture of my exhibit, that collected much interest, mainly for the media I...

Hi to all, i'd like to share my last build. Some year ago i bought the Gemini Project from Delta 7 Studios and this was one of my first paper models. The design is good, but my build was not so good, and what's more, I would like to improve some detail, and reduce the scale. The original...

Ok, I can confirm that my model of the Fat Man bomb is available at ecardmodels site. Here a picture of my little museum of the dawn of the atomic era. Best regards, Nando :wave:

Statistics I'm busy completing the final version of the model and the instructions. I would like verify the amount of work i'm collecting for the release and here some statistics: Page A - (Bomb Body) 15 parts Page B - (Bomb Tail) 85 parts Page C - (Trailer p.01) 62 parts Page D -...

I noted that the structure of the trail is weak at the joint of the forward support and it tends to bend slightly under the weight of the bomb (sig!). May be we can think to modify the design or stiffen the bars with cardboard, or metallic wire, but it's to late. I tought to sustain the...

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Thanks Zathros. About the availability of the Fat Man model at Ecardmodels I have to tell you something of my previous design projects. I gave for free all the models I designed before the Little Boy. You can find all of them at the Jonathan's site. They are the three missiles that are the...

Thank You Jay & Ruben for your praises. I'm busy right now on writing the instructions. Here an example of the assembly diagrams i'm working on. Best, Nando :thumb:

Trailer Beta Test Starting from the cradle I built the beta version of the trailer after some modification and the color applied. Here a draft version of the sheet with an assembly diagram. Then the flat section of the trailer. A jig for mount the forward section of...

Completing the Bomb I can complete the final version of the bomb with details and tail. The Jagi antennas The tail A jig for the tail hopper (the "California Parachute") A preliminary version of the kit. The beta test completed

The Chassis In this case the most tricky part is the support of the forward steerable axis. The tiller The prototyping phase is complete. Then the Beta-test built.

The cradle Thank you Ruben for Your appreciations. The next was the bomb's cradle prototype.

The wheels The most challenging part to design in the trailer were the wheels. After many attempts I choose the solution below. Then I worked on the graphics to render the sculptures on the tire.

The Trailer In the mean time I was designing the trailer used at Tinian to transport the bomb from the assembly building to the load pit.

Color pattern With the shape of the bomb defined, i have to reproduce the particular color pattern with the sealing sprayed over the joints of the bomb's ellipse: a new challenge for my skill. I used Gimp for to overlap the layers of different colors, using a high level of definition for to...

The Bomb In the same manner I designed, developed and prototyped the bomb's body.

Tail First of all I worked on the tail. This is the more complex part of the bomb with a bunch of strange structures over and inside it: a sort of hopper, reinforcements, fairings, etc. First I designed them in Sketchup, then I developed them in Pepakura and finally I colorized and I added...